The iconic Lydia Mendoza

May 14, 2013

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Father Donald Bahlinger, center, behind casket, reads at the funeral Mass of singer Lydia Mendoza at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in 2007. Known as the "Lark of the Border," Mendoza died of natural causes at the age of 91.

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Father Donald Bahlinger, center, behind casket, reads at the funeral Mass of singer Lydia Mendoza at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in 2007. Known as the "Lark of the Border," Mendoza died of natural causes at the age of 91.